Prosecution Transfers Kwon Soon-il to Police on Charges Including Lawyer Act Violation

Kwon Soon-il, Chairman of the Central Election Commission, is entering the conference room on the 13th at the Central Election Commission in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province, to attend the plenary committee meeting discussing the allowance of proportional party names. / Gwacheon = Photo by Kang Jin-hyung aymsdream@

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] The prosecution investigating preferential treatment and lobbying allegations in the Daejang-dong development case has transferred the case of former Supreme Court Justice Kwon Soon-il, who was accused of violating the Attorney Act, to the police.

According to the legal community on the 7th, the dedicated investigation team at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office (led by Deputy Chief Prosecutor Kim Tae-hoon) decided that the parts of the case involving violations of the Attorney Act and the Public Officials Ethics Act against former Justice Kwon are outside the scope of direct prosecution investigation, and separated these parts to hand over to the police.

Accordingly, the allegations of violating the Attorney Act against former Justice Kwon will be handled by the dedicated investigation team at the Gyeonggi Nambu Police Agency (led by Song Byung-il), while only the parts related to the 'trial transaction' allegations will continue to be investigated by the prosecution.

The prosecution and police had previously agreed last year to separate the investigation scope to prevent overlapping investigations by both sides.

Former Justice Kwon is suspected of playing a key role when the Supreme Court in July 2019 overturned and remanded the case of Lee Jae-myung, then Governor of Gyeonggi Province and the Democratic Party presidential candidate, who was charged with violating the Public Official Election Act, acquitting him.

Before and after the Supreme Court ruling, Kim Man-bae, the major shareholder of Hwacheon Daeyu, visited former Justice Kwon's office several times, and it was revealed that former Justice Kwon was appointed as an advisor to Hwacheon Daeyu after retirement, receiving a monthly salary of 15 million won, sparking allegations of a 'trial transaction.'

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